![]() ![]() Presenting a keynote address at the 12 th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting in Basel, Switzerland this week (23-25 October 2017), Dr Kuhlmann explained that while the number of biological control agents and products available to farmers is greater than ever, the use of these products in comparison to other control methods such as pesticides is still very low. ![]() ![]() An estimated 40% of crops are lost each year to pests. Crop pests are a major problem for farmers and rural communities in developing countries, reducing crop yields and threatening food security. 25 October 2017 – CABIs Executive Director for Global Operations, Dr Ulrich Kuhlmann, has called for more collaboration between the public and private sectors to encourage the use of biological controls by smallholder farmers to tackle damaging pests.īiological control (sometimes known as biocontrol) is the use of living organisms, such as insects and pathogens, to manage and reduce the population of unwanted pests. ![]()
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